Une Lecture (A Lecture)
1822
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1822
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Une Lecture (A Lecture) is a 1822 ink by Pierre Paul Prud'hon, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a woman leaning back on a couch, holding a book and a fan. Behind her is a dark, textured wall with a window letting in soft light. A vase of flowers sits on a table to her left, and her dress drapes loosely over her arm. The artist used shading to make her face and hands look almost three-dimensional. This was a new way to print images at the time. Look up lithography to see how this printmaking method works.
